More than 250,000 Romanians have Saint Demetrius as their spiritual protectorstranslated

Approximately 259,000 Romanians celebrate their name day on October 26 and 27, when Saint Demetrius the Great Martyr and Saint Demetrius the New are celebrated.

According to the Directorate for the Records of Persons within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are 220,099 men and 30,800 women.

The most common male name is that of Dumitru, being borne by over 200,000 men, followed by Mitica (6,600) and Dimitrie (6,489).

Of the 30,800 women celebrating their name day, 19,200 bear the name of Dumitra, followed by those called Dumitrita (7,520).

Saint Demetrius Celebrated annually at the end of October, Saints Demetrius the Fountain of Myrrh and Demetrius the New lived a millennium apart.

The Great Martyr Demetrius, the Fountain of Myrrh, lived in the 3rd century, and the Pious Demetrius the New, the Protector of Bucharest, in the 13th. Hence the appellation "the New".

The first lived in the city of Thessaloniki, on the territory of today's Greece, and the "New" one, in the village of Basarabi, in present-day Bulgaria.

From 2024, the Holy Confessor Priest Dumitru Stăniloae was also entered in the Christian-Orthodox calendar, with a celebration date in 4...